Production Deployment

DualMind Lab uses a split deployment: backend on Azure App Service, frontend and admin on Cloudflare Workers. Database is managed by Supabase.

Architecture overview

Component	Platform	URL
Backend API	Azure App Service	`https://api.dualmindlab.tech`
Frontend	Cloudflare Workers	`https://arena.dualmindlab.tech`
Admin Panel	Cloudflare Workers	Separate Workers project
Database	Supabase (hosted PostgreSQL)	`https://calqfzajyidkdzbaswjp.supabase.co`

Backend deployment (Azure)

GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
Manual
Docker

The backend auto-deploys via GitHub Actions on push to main:

# Trigger: push to main branch
# Steps: restore → build → publish → deploy to Azure App Service

This is the recommended deployment method. Every push to main triggers an automatic build and deploy.

cd DualMind_Back/src/DualMind.API
dotnet publish -c Release -o ./publish
# Deploy ./publish to Azure App Service

cd DualMind_Back
docker-compose up -d

The Dockerfile in src/DualMind.API/ builds the .NET 8 app. The docker-compose.yml maps port 8080→80.

Environment variables (Azure)

Set these in Azure App Service → Configuration → Application settings:

Variable	Required	Description
`SUPABASE_URL`	Yes	Supabase project URL
`SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY`	Yes	Service role key for DB access
`JWT_SECRET`	Yes	JWT secret for token validation
`GROQ_API_KEY`	Optional	Groq API key (overrides DB keys)
`ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT`	Recommended	Set to `Production`

Never store secrets in code or config files. Use Azure Application Settings or Key Vault.

Frontend deployment (Cloudflare Workers)

Prerequisites

Cloudflare account with Workers enabled
wrangler CLI authenticated (npx wrangler login)

Deploy

cd DualMind_UI
npx wrangler deploy

Configuration

Update config.js before deploying to ensure production URLs:

// These should auto-detect, but verify:
// - apiBaseUrl resolves to 'https://api.dualmindlab.tech' in production
// - supabase.url and supabase.anonKey are set correctly

The Cloudflare Worker (worker.js) proxies /api/* requests to the backend and serves static files for everything else.

Admin panel deployment

cd DualMind_Admin-UI
npm run deploy       # staging
npm run deploy:prod  # production

Set BACKEND_URL in Cloudflare Workers environment:

[env.production.vars]
BACKEND_URL = "https://api.dualmindlab.tech"

Supabase configuration

Required tables

Ensure all tables exist in the public schema. See Database Schema for complete definitions:

users, ai_models, threads, thread_messages
comparisons, model_votes, providers, provider_api_keys
system_settings

Row-Level Security (RLS)

If RLS is enabled on tables, ensure the service role key bypasses RLS or appropriate policies are in place. The backend uses the service role key which bypasses RLS by default.

Feature flags

Insert into system_settings:

INSERT INTO system_settings (key, value) VALUES ('public_sharing', 'true');

Monitoring

Backend Logs

Azure App Service → Log Stream for real-time logs. Each request logs correlation ID, method, path, duration, and status code.

Health Checks

GET /health — basic API health
GET /api/health — alias endpoint
GET /api/arena/ping — arena subsystem

Swagger UI

Available at /swagger in all environments. Useful for quick API testing and exploration.

Use the X-Correlation-Id response header to trace requests across logs.

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Architecture

Database

Frontend Guide

Development

Deployment

Architecture overview

Backend deployment (Azure)

Environment variables (Azure)

Frontend deployment (Cloudflare Workers)

Prerequisites

Deploy

Configuration

Admin panel deployment

Supabase configuration

Required tables

Row-Level Security (RLS)

Feature flags

Monitoring

Backend Logs

Health Checks

Swagger UI

​Architecture overview

​Backend deployment (Azure)

​Environment variables (Azure)

​Frontend deployment (Cloudflare Workers)

​Prerequisites

​Deploy

​Configuration

​Admin panel deployment

​Supabase configuration

​Required tables

​Row-Level Security (RLS)

​Feature flags

​Monitoring

Backend Logs

Health Checks

Swagger UI

Architecture overview

Backend deployment (Azure)

Environment variables (Azure)

Frontend deployment (Cloudflare Workers)

Prerequisites

Deploy

Configuration

Admin panel deployment

Supabase configuration

Required tables

Row-Level Security (RLS)

Feature flags

Monitoring